Friendliness at The University of Massachusetts

Breakdown of “Friendliness” at UMass-Amherst

By Gender

Males	B
Females	B

By Major

Accounting	B-
Agriculture/Horticulture	B-
Animal Studies	A-
Anthropology	B
Architecture & Urban Planning Department	D
Art & Design Department	B-
Biology	B
Business - Management and Administration	B+
Chemical Engineering	A
Civil Engineering	B+
Communications	B-
Computer Engineering	B+
Computer Science	D
Criminal	A
Economics	C
Education	C-
Electrical Engineering	A-
Engineering Department	B-
English	B-
Finance	B-
Geography and Geosciences	B+
History/Histories (art history/etc.)	B+
Industrial Design	B
Journalism	B+
Language - French/Spanish/etc.	A-
Linguistics	B+
Math	B-
Mechanical Engineering	B
Music Education	A+
Natural Resources	A
Neuroscience/Cognitive Science	A
Nursing	B
Other	B-
Philosophy	A-
Physics	A-
Political Science	B-
PreLaw and Legal	B+
PreMed and Medical	A-
Psychology	B+
Social Work	A
Sociology	C+
Undecided	B+

Against similar schools

Friendliness compared with similar schools in class.

University of Massachusetts - Amherst
B
Average of All Schools
B
Average of schools in class
B+
Harvard University
B
Brown University
A-
Yale University
A-
Princeton University
B
Cornell University
B+
Stanford University
B+
Boston University
B
F
A+

Friendliness

“... People in the dorms are pretty friendly but there are always some floors that just happen to have rooms with people who requested their roomm...Read full comment

“... My teachers are all friendly and accessible and really try to help ease the transition for incoming freshman ( also I recommend taking a freshman...Read full comment

“... The kinds of girls here are pretty bodies with often really low standards of being friendly or accepting (they are usually not, just someti...Read full comment

“... Once you get passed the initial phase, UMass Amherst has everything you can ask for: challenging classes, friendly people, a beautiful campus, a ...Read full comment

“... As far as the students, they're all very cliquish and can be unfriendly ...Read full comment

“... Some teachers are nice friendly people that you can go to for help while others are just there as T ...Read full comment

“... It's a rather refreshing campus, and around every corner you are greeted with a friendly face ...Read full comment

“... Faculty have a lot of students and while they try to be friendly, sometimes you just have to figure things out for yourself and be independent .....Read full comment

“... At first glance, UMass-Amherst is a beautiful school with an overall friendly student body ...Read full comment

“... Also the atmosphere is super friendly, classes are challenging, and professors are very intellectual ...Read full comment

“... Do NOT come here if: -You want small classes -Close connection with teachers -Friendly people -Not insane partying -Rioting UMass isn't f...Read full comment

“... The cafeterias here are very solitary, and its easy to feel lonely in such a huge, unfriendly place (it's KILLING me, as an extremely outgoing a...Read full comment

“... I was surprised by how friendly people were ...Read full comment

“... The area is very nice (if you like mountain areas with a lot of greenery and a small town about a mile away), every person I have met has been ex...Read full comment

“... The students are friendly and outgoing ...Read full comment

“... The people here are fun and friendly ...Read full comment

“... Chances are, you will end up finding people that you can relate to here if you are willing to be friendly and a little social ...Read full comment

“... There are friendly people its just hard to pick them out in a crowded place ...Read full comment

“... Regarding the people almost every other freshman wants to start over, meaning that they will be friendly to everyone they meet, no matter how wei...Read full comment

“... This is a great school if you are willing to go outside your comfort zone, change, grow, talk to new people, approach faculty that may seem unfr...Read full comment

“... The amount of clubs is amazing and some of the ones I have joined were really friendly ...Read full comment

“... Regarding the people almost every other freshman wants to start over, meaning that they will be friendly to everyone they meet, no matter how wei...Read full comment

“... However, people are relatively friendly I think, it's just hard to just make friends and hang out with them since the campus has so many students...Read full comment

“... Regarding the people almost every other freshman wants to start over, meaning that they will be friendly to everyone they meet, no matter how wei...Read full comment